Chevron Corp stated Tuesday it has appointed Thomas Horton, a accomplice at International Infrastructure Companions (GIP) of worldwide asset supervisor BlackRock Inc, as an impartial director, increasing its board to 13 members.
Horton, 64, has joined Chevron’s Board Audit Committee, the Houston, Texas-based vitality big stated in an internet assertion.
“Horton beforehand held senior roles as chairman of American Airways Group Inc, and chairman, CEO and president at American Airways Inc and AMR Corp, the place he efficiently constructed American Airways’ community each organically and thru its mixture with USAirways in 2015”, Chevron famous. Horton was additionally senior adviser at personal fairness investor Warburg Pincus.
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“Along with government administration roles, Horton has served as a director with a number of the Fortune 500’s high manufacturers, together with present seats on the boards of Walmart and Basic Electrical (working as GE Aerospace). He beforehand served on the boards of Qualcomm and Enlink Midstream”, Chevron added.
Chair and chief government Mike Wirth stated of Horton, “His confirmed management, various board expertise and considerate method to governance shall be invaluable as we proceed to drive progress and create long-term worth”.
Chevron’s board now has 11 impartial administrators, in response to the record of members on its web site. Apart from Wirth, the opposite non-independent is John Hess, who grew to become a Chevron director July 2025 after Chevron acquired Hess Corp.
In an earlier appointment, Chevron stated November 3, 2025 that its assistant controller Amit Ghai will exchange Alana Knowles as controller efficient March 1, 2026. Knowles is predicted to retire after 38 years with Chevron.
“Ghai will lead Chevron’s accounting coverage, company and exterior monetary reporting, inside controls, international enterprise providers and digital finance groups”, Chevron stated.
Lately Wirth stated he was in dialogue with the board about his retirement. The 65-year-old has been chair of the board and CEO since 2018.
“I have been doing this for eight years. And look, as quickly as we have got the following particular person able to go, my job is to get out of the way in which and discover any person that is higher ready than I’m and hand the baton”, Wirth stated in a Wall Road Journal interview printed December 15, 2025.
Nevertheless, he added, “I have never actually reached the purpose the place I am totally fascinated with that but”.
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